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Michigan’s New Senior Driver Testing Bill: A Preventable Tragedy Exposes Systemic Gaps in Older Driver Safety The Incident That Sparked Change On an October afternoon in 2024, a 94-year-old driver named Phyllis Stafford was running errands in Michigan when tragedy struck. According to reports, Stafford rear-ended another vehicle in traffic. When the other driver—a woman whose name we’ll never forget—stepped out to check the damage, Stafford’s vehicle struck her, killing her instantly. This wasn’t just an accident. It was a completely preventable tragedy, as the victim’s husband, Christopher Thexton, later described it. Thexton was shocked to learn that a 94-year-old driver could still hold a valid license without ever being retested. “It became kind of shocking to me that a then-94-year-old still had valid driving credentials and that that had never been tested,” he said. “And it seemed like a kind of a hole in the system that older drivers were allowed to kind of drive unchecked.” Thexton’s grief turned to advocacy. He reached out to State Senator Rosemary Bayer’s office, pushing for changes to Michigan’s driving laws. Initially, he felt there was little momentum for reform. But Bayer’s new bill, introduced in March 2026, shows that change is finally…